swamps

英 [swɒmps]

美 [swɑːmps]

n.  沼泽(地)
v.  使不堪承受; 使疲于应对; 使应接不暇; 淹; 淹没
swamp的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 沼泽(地)
  Aswampis an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
• VERB 淹没;浸没
  If somethingswampsa place or object, it fills it with water.
  1. A rogue wave swamped the boat...
     凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
  2. The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
     本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。
• VERB 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
  If youare swampedby things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
  1. He is swamped with work...
     他工作忙得不可开交。
  2. The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city.
     火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。

双语例句

• This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests.
  这使有理由相信南极洲曾经是一片森林和沼泽。
• Birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark.
  遍及美国东部的一种桦树，生长在沼泽和河谷，具红褐色树皮。
• Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
  科学家们猜测大型恐龙生活在沼泽中。
• The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
  洪水开始退去，留下一些沼泽地。
• The immigrants were employed building turnpikes and canals, and they died like flies in the swamps.
  移民们被招来修筑公路和运河，他们在沼泽地区大批死去。
• Coral reefs and mangrove swamps are also breeding places for many fishes.
  珊瑚礁和红树林沼泽也是许多鱼类的繁殖之地。
• At length these denizens of the swamps disappeared in their turn.
  到了后来，连这些沼泽国的居民们也不见了。
• Maybe you'd better strike out for the swamps till he changes his mind and cools off some.
  也许你最好还是到沼泽地去，等他改变了主意，头脑冷静一点再说。
• The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
  里奥格兰德河三角洲曾是一片遍布荆棘和沼泽的荒废之地。
• Towering mountains, vast plains, and murky swamps bring depth to World of Warcraft's landscape.
  高耸的山脉、广阔的平原和泥泞的沼泽让WoW世界地貌多样化。